ABSTRACT
This volume, the second in the Rochester Symposium on Developmental Psychopathology series, applies an innovative and long overdue approach to a much studied area of psychopathology. The current authors impart a developmental focus to their examination of one of the most widely agreed upon classifications of behavior disorders in child psychopathology, internalizing and externalizing expressions of dysfunction. Although current classification systems have evolved greatly since E. James Anthony’s (1970) description of behavior disorders of childhood, the greatest consensus continues to emerge when exploring psychopathology on these two broad dimensions of dysfunction (Achenbach, 1982; Achenbach & Edelbrock, 1981; Hinshaw, 1987). In order to provide a context within which to conceptualize the contributions to the current volume, a brief historical review of the literature relevant to internalizing and externalizing expressions of dysfunction is presented.
